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( Updated: 01/27/2014 )

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A Holocaust survivor walks through Auschwitz before a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps and to remember the victims of the Holocaust. The world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day to remember those who died during the Nazi-organized genocide during WWII. Kacper Pempel/Reuters

Daniil German (c.), 9, a member of a winter swimming club, goes for a dip in the Yenisei River at temperatures of about -11 degrees Fahrenheit in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

India's Border Security Force soldiers ride their camels in front of India's presidential palace during a rehearsal for the 'Beating the Retreat' ceremony in New Delhi. The ceremony marks the official end of Indian Republic Day celebrations which are held on January 29. Ahmad Masood/Reuters

A farmer works in a turnip field on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Mustafa Najafizada/AP

WWII-era Soviet military vehicles take part in a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad in St.Petersburg, Russia. The Nazi and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, was lifted on Jan. 27, 1944. More than 1 million people died, mainly from starvation, during the 900-day siege. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP

A Hindu holy man participates in a community feast at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, during the annual traditional fair 'Magh Mela' in Allahabad, India. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during this astronomically auspicious period. Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

A resident cries as a SWAT member of the Philippine National Police searches for residents who allegedly threw rocks at them as they enforce the demolition of their shanties at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila. The demolition was carried out by the city government to pave the way for the commercial development of the area. Bullit Marquez/AP

Musician Cyndi Lauper poses backstage with her award for best musical theater album for 'Kinky Boots' at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

A young Joaldunak is ready to participate in the Carnival of the Pyrenees in the village of Ituren in northern Spain. The carnival dates from before the Roman empire. Joaldunaks (cowbells) parade through the streets costumed in sandals, lace petticoats, sheepskins, conical caps and a hyssop of horsehair. Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Members of the Tunisian parliament celebrate after approving the country's new constitution in the assembly building in Tunis Sunday. Tunisia's national assembly approved the country's new constitution in one of the final steps to full democracy three years after protests erupted into an uprising that toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters

Two visitors walk inside the snow-covered Holocaust Memorial during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin. Markus Schreiber/AP

A vehicle filled with people precedes a convoy of more than 100 trucks arriving in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui from Cameroon. The trucks are loaded with military gear for the French forces and World Food Program humanitarian aid. Jerome Delay/AP

A woman looks through the frozen windows of a tramway after heavy snowfall in Bucharest, Romania. A powerful snowstorm hit southern Romania over the weekend causing traffic and heating problems in the Balkan country. Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Visitors walk through the medals plaza while the Olympic torch is tested before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia. David J. Phillip/AP

A boy sits on a cart in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

A woman prays at a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Buddhists constitute more than 60 percent of Sri Lanka's population. Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland laughs as he poses on the banks of the Yarra river with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup the day after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in their men's singles final match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne. Bobby Yip/Reuters

Protesters march in central Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine's justice minister is threatening to call for a state of emergency unless protesters leave her ministry building, which they occupied during the night. Sergei Grits/AP

People take a walk during a snowfall in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

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A second lion was reportedly killed by a foreign tourist in Zimbabwe just two days after an American dentist killed the country's most famous lion, called Cecil. But contrary to many media reports, Cecil's brother Jericho remains alive and well.

ByMacDonald Dzirutwe, ReutersAugust 1, 2015

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The brother of Cecil, the lion killed in Zimbabwe by an American hunter last month, is not dead, a researcher monitoring the pride told Reuters, contradicting media reports that Jericho had been killed.